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CVE-2020-12279

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/27/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxlibgit2:libgit2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-706

References

https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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